Every so often, something historic happens in your life, something that changes what you believe in, even who you are as a person. Yesterday, I had such a moment: while watching the Esquire video below (which I strongly recommend viewing), I realized that Hannah Simone Zooey Deschanel. ( Emily Deschanel.)
Hannah plays CeCe on Fox’s “New Girl,” and the former-Canadian VJ (here’s a video of the greatest Freudian slip ever) has been killing it this season, often besting Zooey’s Jess. She and everyone’s favorite d-bag not named Dennis Reynolds, Schmidt, have even done the unthinkable and made the “friend of a friend sleeps with friend’s roommate” trope enjoyable. Also: she’s very pretty and very smart and very talented.
Thirty-one-year-old London native Hannah Simone worked for the United Nations. Then she went back to school, got a second degree, and — as you’d expect — became a VJ. “I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects,” she explains. “But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into “The Daily Show” than the policy briefings. I figured, I’ve got to learn how to speak your language.” She went on to host a couple of Canadian TV shows before moving to Los Angeles, where she was quickly cast alongside Zooey Deschanel in “New Girl.” (Via)
Well, I was class treasurer in fourth grade. So, yeah. Beyond the universally accepted Alison Brie, we all have our underrated attractive TV actors and actresses who we rally behind (phrasing). Dustin has Alexendra Breckenridge; Danger, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (it’s always 1992 in his mind). Mine’s Hannah Simone.
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She’s gotten quite a tan since that Youtube clip.
She looks like a poor man’s Rashida Jones.
Also, this entire post is incorrect. Zooey > All…except Kate Micucci, whom I will one day marry so she can sing me ukulele songs for the rest of my life on a beautiful Hawaiian beach.
She looks more like Rosario Dawson to me.
so you like the idea of women better than actual women?
Me in My Place is one of the greatest things ever. I’m glad Esquire uses that guy for famous people.
She is just flat out gorgeous.
Also, Jess and CeCe’s friendship is really sweet and it makes me happy. I love when she got all mad about that girl being mean to Jess and insisted on wearing that dopey ribbon hat.
I’d say she’s prettier than Zooey, but her character is dullsville, judging by the few episodes I’ve seen of New Girl. Which isn’t many, but still. Seems like maybe a cool person though, to judge from that blockquote.
While normally when a woman sleeps with a d-bag on tv it ticks me off. But it’s an indication of how well the show works that I don’t mind at all.
Plus that means she’s in her underwear a few times.
You know why Hannah and many other girls are more attractive than Zooey? Because the whole of Zooey’s personality feels like a gimmick. She IS a gimmick. She’s not relatable, and frankly quite irritating. Her natural prettiness gets lost in the heinous quirky ditzy hipster disguise.
commonly known as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
You’ve chosen well, Josh.
Also, can I be the first one to lead the backlash against Schmidt? He’s been a fun character, but he’s turning into too much of a Jewish-screenwriter-wish-fulfillment vehicle for me to enjoy him properly these days.
She was the poor man’s Sarah Taylor among Canadadian VJ’s. But hey, it’s your world after all.
oh man, I just did a google image search for Monika Deol and…that…that was not a good idea.
she hot and british and talented, wins for all.
oh yeah she’s really hot, and that new Russian model character was hilarious too. I was kind of scared that Jess and Nick would start making out at the end of tuesdays episode, I’m glad they didn’t.
When it comes to brown skinned Canadian Music Television Hosts with two first names, I much prefer Aliya Jasmine…..
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+1
We do vaguely ethnic like nobody else.
Agreed, infinitely hotter than Zooey. If you’d asked me a few months ago, I’d have said there was few things cuter than ZD but with New Girl on TV and that fucking shite iPhone ad, Zooey can fuck off. She is actually an irritant now and her schtick is worn so painfully thin.
I think i had to watch that video like 5 times before i could attempt to pay attention to the joke…
Hoo boy. I have nothing to add.
Is Zooey a case of “Hipsters like her and she’s too popular now, so must hate her”?
Nah, she’s always been a hipster poster child; I think the problem is over-exposure. The wide-eyed kookiness was good in small doses (such as a 90-minute movie once in a while) but now she’s everywhere: adverts, TV etc
Plus, you start to realize that she looks like Elijah Wood and everything falls flaccid!
I still like Zooey a lot, but the unrealistic crushes are a-changin’.
Speak for yourself Spleener, me and Sean Astin will respectfully disagree.
I’m just glad you finally took a stance on the biggest simmering argument in television, one of which I heartily agree.
Dennis > Schmidt
As someone who doesn’t watch New Girl, thank you for opening my eyes to this wonderful creature Hannah Simone. I raised the volume on my laptop to hear that video, but once it started my mind stopped listening after she said “couple.” And I usually listen to women! Hannah is smokin